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print
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satirical print
Object Type
print
satirical print
Museum number
1935,0522.5.34
Title
Object:
Evidence to character; -being a portrait of a traitor, by his friends & by himself
Description
(For description see original); a reduced copy after BMSat.9245. after 1798 Hand-coloured etching
Producer name
After:
James Gillray
School/style
British
Production date
1798
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
hand-coloured
Dimensions
Height:
192 millimetres
Width:
264 millimetres
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Curator's comments
This copy was made for the 'Caricatures of Gillray' where it faces p.17.
Bibliographic references
BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(9245.B)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
satire
Associated names
Associated with:
Oliver Bond
Associated with:
Sir Francis Buller
Associated with:
Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine
Associated with:
Lord Edward Fitzgerald
Associated with:
Charles James Fox
Associated with:
Right Hon Sir William Garrow
Associated with:
Henry Grattan
Associated with:
Mlle Hillisburgh
Associated with:
William James MacNeven
Associated with:
John Freeman Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale
Associated with:
Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk
Associated with:
Arthur O'Connor
Associated with:
John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon
Associated with:
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Associated with:
John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk
Associated with:
Julia, Countes of Suffolk
Associated with:
Sackville Tufton, 9th Earl of Thanet
Associated with:
George Tierney
Acquisition name
Transferred from:
British Library
Acquisition date
1935
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1935,0522.5.34